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And :0 those ,,·bo !.;!\.. c tile manag£:iilent (it ~i!{.-i!
matttrs, I submit this questi~n,
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\\~h~thrr the impoy·-
crishment of the fund, by convening th~ b~5t ~hart:
of it into anl1!lilit! for the gaJ' 3J"d illiterate )-outh of
great families, threaten3 not to stan1"e and stifle the
little clerical merit that is Ic-ii aoong~t us?
r All legal dispensatio!lS from. residence prl;)cero up­
-~ O~- the suppositit)D, that the ab3elltee is detained
j from his li~'ing~ b::" some engagement of equal or of­
. greater public !mp0rtance. "fher~fCore, if ill a ca~(',
~-here no such T~ son !:an with truth be plead~d, it
be said, that this question reb~ds 2 ri;ht of property,and
that all right of propert)' a~"aits the dj~position
of law; that, therefore, if the la~#, \\-llicrJ gi\-es
a man. the emolume.SOJts of a li\i..T)g~ excuse him from
residing upon it~ be is excused in con::cience; we
ans\\:-er, that the lau" does not eY..:u!;e him br jnJell!i~7:,
GJ.nd that all other excuses are i-:-rauclulcnt • .,
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1 1£" L~ Je
( A LIE is a breach of promise; for WhO(:H::f
seriously addrE:sses his discourse to another, tacitly
promises to ~peak the truth, becau~e he knQ\\--s that
the truth is expected.)
( Or the obligat!on of ycracity may be made out
fru~n the direct ill consequ€nce~ of lying to social
haf?iness.) 'Vhkh consequences consist, either in
some specific injury to particular individuals, 0, in the
destruction of th~lt i-onfidence, .. ~hich i ~ essential to the
intercourse of human life: for ,,~hich latter reason,
do lie may be pemicic,u" in it:; gen~ral tendency, and
therefore criminal, though it produce no particula!·
~r visible mischief to anyone.